[thelist] Server side CSS
Maximillian Schwanekamp
anaxamaxan at neptunewebworks.com
Mon Feb 23 15:53:09 CST 2004
Not sure what exactly you're asking, but you would probably do fine to force
a stylesheet refresh by using a query string, as suggested by Anthony,
within the linked HTML page. Your script would populate the query string
with a new value each time you update the CSS. A unix timestamp or version
number would make a good query string value. In your shoes I would have my
app update a record for the current stylesheet to timestamp it, and then use
that value in the output when building the HTML.
Wow, that was wordy, I hope it was sorta clear...
Maximillian Von Schwanekamp
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Carter [mailto:scforum at iness.com]
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 1:28 PM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thelist] Server side CSS
I've had server - side generated CSS to change background colors running
fine for over a year.
Knowing Browsers load CSS sheets once for efficiency, I can't remember at
all how I managed to get the browser to reload the modified stylesheet when
a parameter was changed. How would the browser know a server session
variable changed? No way. So how come it was loading a fresh CSS page very
time the user clicked the right icon? I dunno.
Of course, it quit working the minute I realized that this might be a
problem. Sure enough, hitting the browser refresh loads the revised page
and everything is hunkey dorey.
Reminds me of Wiley Coyote running off a cliff. He hovers in mid air but
doesn't fall and is afraid to look down. He feels around, nope, no ground,
so he peeks and THEN falls like a rock.
Any help other than a large heavy object appreciated.
Sam
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